diplomatic relations between bedmates remain tense

[poetry] original soundtracks 1

title: Original Soundtracks 1 (or, A Save Tokyo City Story)rating: PGword count: 114community:writerverseprompt:Phase #10: Challenge #06: Weekly Quick Fic #02 (soundtracks for imagined films)summary: a poem about Tokyonotes: "私たちの大きな夢" means "our big dream," it's the name of a U2 song; "胸の鼓動を高める物ように" is from another U2 song, and it means "like a thing that makes [your] heart beat faster," and "胸の孤独を高める物ように" is a pun, because "鼓動" (loosely, the "beat" in "heartbeat") and "孤独" ("loneliness or isolation") are pronounced the same way. "友＆愛" means "friendship and love," and would be pronounced the same as "you and I."

plug into the love currentdrown in the sound

sing your heart outsing my heart out

bass drops as you walk into the room

soundtracks to imaginary filmsstarring you

私たちの大きな夢such stuff as dreams are made on

胸の鼓動を高める物ように胸の孤独を高める物ように

here, I am everything all of the time

there’s nothing you have that i need

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one minute warningmy heart rate rapid胸の鼓動を高める物ように

the rhythm of the city silencedand the sky is turning yellowdowntown ghost townstreets deserted

友＆愛you and i

surrounded by holy placesrunning through sacred ground

(“do you always pray to strange gods?”)

into a profane capitalism ofriotous sounds and screaming colorsbleeding into one